Summary
Poverty and social exclusion monitoring reports
United Kingdom
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation's latest report was published in December 2010.
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The summaries from the earlier reports are also available online as pdfs, namely:
View the 2009 executive summary as PDF
View the 2008 executive summary as PDF
View the 2007 executive summary as PDF
View the 2006 executive summary as PDF
View the 2005 executive summary as PDF
View the 2004 executive summary as PDF
View the 2003 executive summary as PDF
View the 2002 executive summary as PDF
View the 2001 executive summary as PDF
View the 2000 executive summary as PDF
View the 1999 executive summary as PDF
View the 1998 executive summary as PDF
The full versions of the earlier reports from 2000 to 2008 are also available on request as pdfs.
Poverty and ethnicity
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation published a report on poverty and ethnicity in April 2007.
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Poverty and disability
In 2006, the New Policy Institute co-authored a report with Child Poverty Action Group entitled A route out of poverty? Disabled people, work and welfare reform. Since then, we have updated our material for the latest statistics.
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Scotland
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation's latest analysis was published in September 2010
View the executive summary as PDF
The summaries from the earlier reports are also available online as pdfs, namely:
View the 2008 executive summary as PDF
View the 2006 executive summary as PDF
View the 2005 executive summary as PDF
View the 2004 executive summary as PDF
View the 2002 executive summary as PDF
Wales
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation's latest analysis was published in June 2009.
View the analysis as PDF
This 2009 analysis updates a previous analysis published in July 2007.
View the 2007 analysis as a web page
This 2007 analysis, in turn, updated the Joseph Rowntree Foundation's 2005 comprehensive report.
View the full 2005 report as PDF
View the 2005 executive summary as PDF
Northern Ireland
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation's latest analysis was published in September 2009.
This 2009 analysis updates the Joseph Rowntree Foundation's 2006 comprehensive report.
View the executive summary as PDF
Rural England
In 2009, we published a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of poverty and social exclusion in rural England for the Commission for Rural Communities.
London
The Trust for London's latest analysis was published in October 2010
View the full report as PDF (6mb)
This analysis updates a previous, more comprehensive, analysis published in 2009.
View the full 2009 report as PDF (9mb)
View the 2009 executive summary as PDF
Social exclusion: some possible broader areas of concern
On 5th September 2006, Tony Blair gave a major speech on social exclusion. As part of the preparations for this speech, the New Policy Institute was asked to prepare a briefing paper on the broader concerns.
View the briefing paper report as PDF
Impact of devolution
In 2010, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation published a report on the impact, or otherwise, of devolution on low-income people and places. Underlying that report was a longer report with comparative statistics for the four home countries.
View the overall report as PDF
View the full statistical report as PDF
Low pay
In-work poverty
In 2008, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation published a report on how the problems of in-work poverty should be addressed.
In-work poverty in Wales
In 2006, the Bevan Institute and the New Policy Institute jointly published a report on in-work poverty in Wales.
Why worry about the low paid?
In 2004, Catherine Howarth from London Citizens and the New Policy Institute jointly published a comprehensive report on the problems of the low paid.
Tax credits
In 2003, at the request of UNISON, the New Policy Institute produced a paper on issues associated with tax credits.
Unemployment
In 2009, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation published a report setting out the arguments for and against raising the value of Jobseeker's Allowance.
Fuel poverty
In 2008, on behalf of the Eaga Partnership Charitable Trust, the New Policy Institute published a report on the links between low income and fuel poverty.
Government strategy
People sometimes say, "your site is great but what do you think the government actually should be doing". In 2001, the Fabian Society and the New Policy Institute jointly published a major report on this subject